Animal feed-trough.



A. B. TAYLOR. ANIMAL FEED TROUGH.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.Z5, 1909.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

,gaby/457g@ ARTHUR BERNARD TAYLOR, 0F MORWELL, VICTORA, AUSTRALIA.

ANIMAL FEED-TROUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten eener, 1911.

Application filed 0ctober25, 1909. Serial No. 524,579.

To all 'whom if may concern:

Be it known that l. n'rnna BERNARD TAYLOR, a subjectl of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Morwell, Gippsland, in the State of Victoria, Conn inonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal Feed-Troughs; and l do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the saine.

This invention relates to sanitary feeding devices for animals, so constructed that the animals, and especially pigs, of about the same or of quite different sizes may feed conveniently from it; among other animals fcedable from the device or trough are calves.

Referring now mainly to pigs these are by my arrangements of parts restrained from getting their feet into the dish containing the food, and will be unable to obstruct easy supplying of food to the vessel provided as a supply receptacle ofsaid food to the feeding dish, and unable to prevent the continuousl or intern'iittentl delivery to the dish of food. rlhey will be unable to upset the device, foul the food, or prevent each other reaching the latter; such prevention is of importance.

My constructitm allows of food storage and regulated food supply; is cheap and compact, and allows of a comparatively large number of animals being speedily fed. lt will vary somewhat to suit the kind of animal to be fed for pigs the dish or the like may rest on the ground, but is upon a stand of suitable height for feeding calves, and the dish may have connections, as hooks, or clamps, for attachment of the said stand, or these may be on the stand.

ligs when `feeding show such a monopolistic nature, that if small and mature pigs are together, the small one will be put atI a disadvantage or be driven away by the larger from any open feeding dish. l provide on any desired part of my dish a fixed or removable grating or the like which obviates such monopoly, as hereinafter eK- plained. l also provide in some cases,slidcs, shutters, plugs, or the like means, for regulating the passage of food from the recepo tacle, also a t'roth stopper and food delector.

In construction according to this invention there is a circular, or partly circular metal dish, or one approximating to suoli form, flat bottomed or otherwise, having at a suitably short distance back from the feeding .rim or edge, and Iconnected ,thereto by radial partitions, a food distributing chamber. Both dish and chamber have details explained hereinafter by reference to the ac-` companying drawings.

Figure l is a persoective view of the complete device, partly iin section. F ig. 2 is a top plan View of part mf the same, partlyin section. Fig. 3 is a detail View showing a device for preventing froth from leaving the food receptacle.

Each feeding dish has a narrow rim or top a, over which the animals feed, from which the dish Wall b slopes inwardly to the bottom c, which may be provided with a flange or rim c', if desired, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. On various parts of the Wall b, on the outside, it is provided with any suitable fastening devices, such as ai.

g represents the cylindrical food receptacle, which is fixed centrally within the feeding dish. lltis secured to said dish by means of a series of radial vertical partitions e, riveted to the part g as shown at f and held imposition by any suitable attachments, such as the hasps nl. The artitions e are curved outwardly at the top, as shown at `e', to. divide the space between the receptacle and the wall of the dish `into separate compartments. The receptacle g has its lower edge apertured or recessed at intervals, such as at z', to leave openings or exits for food to pass into the dish, there being one of saidopen-ings between each two partitions e. The receptacle kmay be pro vided with any suitable lifting means, such as a. handle z.. Projecting centrally from the bottom of the food receptacle g is a cone A adapted to guide the food toward the in ner bottom edge of said receptacle.

The How of the food through the apertures z' can be regulated or cut off entirely by means of the movable gates or shutters j. These may be raised and lowered by any suitable means, but in the drawing l have shown a rod t, passing through guides 1' on the'side of the receptacle g, said rod being provided with a handle y). This rod is also provided withI a screw-threaded portion, meshing with a nut S', carried on the outside of the receptacle g. The lower'end of the rod t passes through the upperpart of the shutter or gate j, which is bent .over as shown, and

on thelower end of the rod lt are nuts. S2.

wall l,to another.

The gates` or shutters j ai'e 'guided and confined at their sides by the guides S3. From the construction shown, it is obvious that the turning of the handle p will 1aise or lower the shutter or otate .X g'ating, w iich may be carried over any or all of the compartments is for the purpose of `permitting small animalsto feed conveniently without fouling the food. This grating consists of bars V, which are arranged between curved plates forming a hinged. frame iV, the inner plate being sup-I portedy by an eye :n on the receptacle g, the -outer plate being fixed on the trough by hasps e, adapted to litI down over fastenings similar to (Z on theoutside of the dish when feeding calves with skimmed milk, it necessaryto prevent them from drinking froth, and in order to prevent the froth from leaving the recept`acle,I insert in the receptacle a band A2 havin-g side'holes and notches, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

v'The partitions e are provided' at their bases with openings e2 between them, so that the foodinay spread from one compartment fed by opening only one of the apertures i' and yet prevents the animals from interfer` I claim: l y J l.- A feeding trough for animals, consist-- ing of a metal dish having inwardly sloping sides, a yfeed vchamber provided with yradial ing with each other while feeding.

y partitions extending outwardly therefrom to the inside ofthe dish., fastening devices earried' by said partitions and dish,respee tively, and apertured froth stopper This enables the animals to be adapted to fit within said chamber, substan-` .havin'e' "iartitioiis ada )ted to lit within said C dish and form radial compartments, said chamber having openings near its bottom,

fastening devices carried by said partitions and said dish, respectively, a cone located inside said chamber, a removable vapertured froth stopper, and means for opening and closing the apertures inthe-bottom of said chamber, substantially as described.

4. In a. trough for feeding animals, the combination of a metal. dish having inwardly inclined sidesa chamber adapted to fit within said dish and provided with partitions making radial compartments in said dish, vfastening devices carried by said partitions and said dish, a'cone in said chamber, a removable froth stopper in said chamber,

and a grating adapted to be removablv secured between said vchamber and .aid dish,

-substantially as described.

. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence Aof two witnesses.

ARTHUR.- BERNARD TAYLOR. lVitnesses:

Amen M. HOL'r, GEORGE G. TURRI. 

